1 Samuel 17 · Verse 30

1 Samuel 17:30

And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
1 Samuel 17:30, King James Version

1 Samuel 17:30 in other translations

BSBThen he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
WEBHe turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.
ASVAnd he turned away from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
YLTAnd he turneth round from him unto another, and saith according to this word, and the people return him word as the first word.
DARBYAnd he turned from him to another, and spoke after the same manner; and the people answered him again after the former manner.
BBEAnd turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.
WebsterAnd he turned from him towards another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

What does 1 Samuel 17:30 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:12-30

Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent…

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1 Samuel 17:30 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּסֹּ֤בvai.yi.Soand he turned awayH5437
מֵֽאֶצְלוֹ֙me.'etz.Lofrom beside himH681
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מ֣וּלmul[the] front ofH4136
אַחֵ֔ר'a.Cheranother [person]H312
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
כַּדָּבָ֣רka.da.Varaccording to the mannerH1697
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
וַיְשִׁבֻ֤הוּvay.shi.Vu.huand they brought back himH7725
הָעָם֙ha.'Amthe peopleH5971
דָּבָ֔רda.VarwordH1697
כַּדָּבָ֖רka.da.Varaccording to the wordH1697
הָרִאשֽׁוֹן\׃ha.ri.Shonthe formerH7223

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 17:30

  • 1 Samuel 17:26-27

    And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 17:29

    And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?

  • 1 Samuel 17:30

    And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.

  • 1 Samuel 17:31

    And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

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1 Samuel 17:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y apartándose de él hacia otros, habló lo mismo; y respondiéronle los del pueblo como primero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il se détourna d’auprès de lui vers un autre, et dit les mêmes paroles; et le peuple lui répondit comme la première fois.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er wandte sich von ihm ab, einem anderen zu, und sprach nach jenem Worte; und das Volk gab ihm Antwort nach der vorigen Antwort.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et declinavit paululum ab eo ad alium: dixitque eumdem sermonem. Et respondit ei populus verbum sicut prius.